Just under half of field hockey’s 17 games will take place at Aggie Field Hockey Facility when head coach Britt Broady announced her team’s 2017 schedule on Monday. Including non-conference Power Five matchups against Michigan State, Syracuse, Iowa and Ohio State, UC Davis will host eight contests this season.

A season-opening four-match homestand will begin on August 26 when the Aggies welcome Michigan State for the first time in program history. Also making its first visit to Davis is Syracuse (Aug. 28) — the 2015 national champions and first of four teams on the team’s schedule that competed in last year’s NCAA Tournament.

Harvard (Sept. 1), another 2016 playoff team, and Iowa (Sept. 4) will also face UC Davis on its home turf for the first time ever in the back half of the Aggies’ season-long stretch of home matches.

The first road trip of 2017 will take the team to Michigan and Rhode Island for a pair of games at each location. After facing William & Mary (Sept. 9) in a neutral-site match, the Aggies will square off against host Michigan (Sept. 10) the following day. Following a brief respite, UC Davis will compete against Bryant (Sept. 15) and Providence (Sept. 17) before returning home.

A busy weekend of action at Aggie Field Hockey Facility will begin with field hockey’s America East opener vs. Cal (Sept. 29). After Stanford takes on Ohio State in a neutral-site affair the following afternoon, UC Davis will battle the Buckeyes (Oct. 1) in its final non-conference home match of the season.

A two-match road swing through Philadelphia, which includes stops at Saint Joseph’s (Oct. 6) and Temple (Oct. 8), will serve as the final tune-ups for a five-game season-ending stretch versus league competition.

The final home weekend of the season includes matches against Stanford (Oct. 13), another Tournament participant, and Pacific (Oct. 15). Road games at Cal (Oct. 20), Pacific (Oct. 22) and Stanford (Oct. 28) will play a key role in the eventual seeding of West Division teams at this year’s America East Field Hockey Tournament.